ONLY THE TOUGH GROW OLD A group of senior citizens at a retirement home were having a high old time discussing their various aches, pains and ills. One had arthritis -- another indigestion -- maybe…
Sermon Illustrations
FRIENDLY FIRE A P-38 fighter simultaneously dropped two bombs. They glittered in the sun and reflected a silvery Christmas hue as they descended downward. Missiles flew toward the enemy. They resembled darts flying harmlessly through…
FETRIDGE'S LAW: Important things that are supposed to happen do not happen, especially when people are looking. This little known law was named by and for Claude Fetridge, an engineer working for NBC Radio, who…
Perspective/Attitude/Vision WEEDS OR FLOWERS The king called two men into his presence. To the first he said, "I want you to take six months; travel the length and breadth of the kingdom and bring back…
SHORT SHOTS I 'll listen to your unreasonable demands...if you'll consider my unacceptable offer. Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down. Accept me for what I am... completely unacceptable. Everybody is entitled…
LOSING THE STRUGGLE When difficult problems grow worse, it's tempting to give up on God. When the ultimate Source of power refuses to take up our just cause, then whatever is required to find relief…
Accident | Adversity | Aging | Debt | Defeat | Destroy | Golf | Humor | Sports | Stewardship | Trial
THE GOLF BALL MISSILE I read about Mathieu Boya, who was practicing his golf swing in a pasture adjacent to the Benin Air Base (Benin, Africa). He accidentally destroyed his country's entire air force! With…
LUCKY WAR LESSONS Newsweek shows three American Sodiers on their knees, praying. The caption reads, "U.S. troops pray before the ground war." Assuredly, their prayers were answered. We welcome them home! The conclusion of the…
THE CHASTENING LOVE OF GOD Billy Graham comments on the subject: "The Bible says, 'whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.' If life were all easy, wouldn't we become flabby? When a ship's carpenter needed timber…
JESSICA MCCLURE Something about Jessica McClure captured the imagination of this country. Jessica, a two-year old from Midland, Texas, was trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for two days. Scared and in pain,…
FREE TO SERVE Someone asked Fanny in Binghamton how long she was going to continue her vigorous activity. "How long," she replied, "am I going to travel and lecture? Always!" "There is nothing that could…
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT I never tolerate someone saying, "The devil made me do it" No, he didn't make you do it; you did it. Somewhere along the line you chose to give…
NIXON LOOKING UP Richard Nixon's latest installment of his memoirs is now being sold in the book stores. Some people hate the former president, a few love him and others regard him as a tragic…
PRAYER PATTERN IS THE KEY A poor but honest jeweler was arrested for a crime he never committed. He was placed in a high and well-protected prison in the center of the city. One day,…
OPTIMISTIC RESPONSE An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. From Pulpit Helps
THE NUMBER ONE PRINCIPLE Calvin and Hobbes are walking in the woods talking one day and Calvin says: "A lot of people don't have principles, but I do. I'm a highly principled person! I live…
THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE The struggle of life Is not what it appears to be. It's not a struggle For money nor power, Nor any other personal achievement Held in high esteem By the world.…
Carve your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
If you kneel before God you can stand up to anything.
PRAYER: That person stands best who kneels most.
